Naval News

[VIDEO] We take you aboard the FDI "Amiral Ronarc'h" as the next generation frigate built by @naval-group.com for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) is conducting sea trials off the coast of Brittany in February 👀👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMt2...

Op-Ed: The US Navy CAN Fix the Fleet with Distributed Manufacturing www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

[VIDEO] Naval Group’s Rampart CIWS has completed its maiden at-sea firing campaign off Toulon during Exercise WildFire 2026 💥 We speak with @naval-group.com and Thales on live-fire results and 68mm laser-guided rockets. Watch our full report ⤵️ youtu.be/-CQNu3kjwlY

New Naval Facilities Engineering System Command (NAVFAC) documents reveal U.S. Navy plans for a hypersonic missile storage facility at NWS Yorktown to support CPS-equipped Zumwalt and Virginia classes 🇺🇸 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Saildrone announced a year-long mission with the Swedish Armed Forces to deliver persistent Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) across Sweden’s territorial waters and exclusive economic zone in the Baltic Sea 🇸🇪 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

The French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) has rapidly developed the low-cost SMOKERS kamikaze USV, moving from concept to sea trials in just six months 🇫🇷🚤💥 By @marsattaqueblog.bsky.social www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

[VIDEO] Naval Group Unveils Armed Seaquest S USV, Drone Swarm & C-UAS Modules www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU7M...

Turkish Aerospace’s Aksungur unmanned aerial vehicle released three ASELSAN aselBUOY 100P passive sonobuoys into the Mediterranean during the Turkish Navy’s TURNAs-26 unmanned systems exercise 🇹🇷 By @tayfunozberk.bsky.social www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Navantia launched the seventh corvette built for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces at its shipyards in the Bay of Cádiz. The ship, to be named Neom, is the second in the batch contracted in 2025, following the five units built between 2019 and 2024 🇪🇸 🇸🇦 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Naval News visits Helsinki Shipyard to examine how the “Finland model” is driving icebreaker production, and questions if this strategy could solve the U.S. Navy’s surface combatant crisis 🇫🇮 🇺🇸 By @corporalfrisk.com www.navalnews.com/features/202...

SH Defence has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Naval Group, strengthening the cooperation between the two companies within modular solutions for modern naval operations 🇩🇰 🇫🇷 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

USS Pinckney becomes the first U.S. Navy destroyer to enter Phase Two of the DDG MOD 2.0 program, adding advanced SPY-6 radars to counter growing global threats 🇺🇸 By @cjohnston.bsky.social www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Greek surface and special operations craft validated their new Rafael-made missile systems, while a coordinated submarine torpedo strike sent the decommissioned frigate Bouboulina to the bottom of the Cretan Sea 🇬🇷 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Kongsberg has successfully demonstrated a containerised Naval Strike Missile (NSM) transportation and launch system designed for rapid deployment to land sites, truck-mounted applications, or as a modular fit for maritime platforms 🇳🇴🚀 www.navalnews.com/event-news/e...

[VIDEO] Spain’s New F-110 Frigate: Exclusive Tour Aboard Bonifaz (F-111) 🇪🇸 www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSYy...

The Spanish Navy and Navantia are developing the new F110 IAMD frigate. This evolution of the Bonifaz class features advanced integrated air and missile defense capabilities to enhance fleet combat power and counter emerging aerial threats 🇪🇸 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

The Pentagon and DIU launched a 120-day sprint to acquire and field new counter-UAS armed USVs to defend surface fleets against low-cost drone threats 🇺🇸 By @cjohnston.bsky.social www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

The Euronaval 2026 report on global naval shipbuilding reveals a 50% surge in global naval shipbuilding, with China now vastly outproducing the US. The report also details buildups in submarines and autonomous drones, and hypersonic arms races. www.navalnews.com/event-news/e...

Elbit Systems Expands Underwater and Maritime Autonomy Capabilities with Acquisition of ISE www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Under a recent FMS program, MSI Defense announced it successfully integrated a 20mm LIONFISH weapon systems onto ex-USCG cutters bound for the Hellenic Navy 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇬🇷 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Voyant has successfully demonstrated its advanced navigation software to the UK MOD, marking an important step in the development of resilient Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) capabilities for autonomous maritime systems operating in contested environments 🇬🇧🧭 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

A contract notification reveals that the German Navy has selected Seahawk 30 mm gun systems by British company MSI to equip its new F128 frigates 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 By @alxluck.bsky.social www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Two diesel-hybrid variants of Ocius’ renewably powered Bluebottle Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV), ‘Bluebottle Hybrid’, are participating in the US Navy-led Maritime Big Play Pacific exercise, which runs throughout October 🇺🇸 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

EDGE has led the integration of sovereign autonomous systems for a UAE Navy demonstration of national and allied unmanned maritime capabilities, conducted with the participation of the United States Navy 🇦🇪 🇺🇸 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Exail secures a major contract to equip a leading navy’s fleet of uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) with its resilient Marins inertial navigation systems 🧭 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet was spotted carrying the AIM-174B and AIM-260A JATM, marking the first documented dual-loadout of these secretive weapons 🇺🇸 By @cjohnston.bsky.social www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

The Italian Navy OSV Tritone has deployed the new-generation SAVER submarine rescue suite for the first time, initiating sea acceptance trials 🇮🇹 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

HAVELSAN has demonstrated its ability to integrate unmanned air and maritime platforms for coordinated missions 🇹🇷 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Norway’s Defence Materiel Agency has revealed the acquisition model for Project P1118, splitting up to 20 ocean-going standardized vessels for Norway, the UK, and Lithuania across two parallel contracts 🇳🇴🇬🇧🇱🇹 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

A U.S. Army unit assigned to U.S. European Command—tasked with breaking area denial networks and sinking moving maritime targets—fired a Tomahawk cruise missile last month 🇺🇸 By @aaronmatthewil.bsky.social www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

India’s MoD has signed a $68 million contract to retrofit ageing Kashin-class destroyers and Veer-class corvettes with BrahMos supersonic missiles 🇮🇳 By @adithyakm.bsky.social www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

HD Hyundai and Anduril successfully demonstrated integrated USV operations off California, combining the VAone ship platform with Lattice mission software 🇰🇷 🇺🇸 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Jeumont Electric will supply three complete low-signature electric propulsion systems for the Polish Navy’s A26 submarines under the Orka programme. www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Exail unmanned surface vessels will soon take part in various test and evaluation campaigns in the United States 🇫🇷 🇺🇸 #Euronaval2026 By @aaronmatthewil.bsky.social www.navalnews.com/event-news/e...

Denmark is expanding its coastal defense capabilities by acquiring additional Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) from Norway. The latest procurement builds upon an initial agreement established between the two Nordic nations in late 2025 🇩🇰🚀 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Taiwan’s Coast Guard signs an agreement with MARTAC to acquire Devil Ray T24 autonomous surface vessels under a U.S.-Taiwan co-production defense deal 🇹🇼🇺🇸 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Rheinmetall and MSC acquire Romania’s Mangalia shipyard for €138M to establish a dual-use hub for civil and military naval shipbuilding in South-Eastern Europe 🇩🇪🇷🇴🏗️ www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Australia announces a major milestone in advanced undersea warfare capabilities, unveiling payload integration for Ghost Shark, Speartooth, and BlueBottle uncrewed underwater vehicles 🇦🇺 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

🚨 New imagery reveals a 2nd suspected Chinese UUV mothership in Guangzhou. Unlike the massive 200m Shanghai-built variant, this new COMEC-built vessel is smaller (~150m) and features a completely different stern lifting mast configuration. By @alxluck.bsky.social: www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

The Indian Navy has inducted its first Multi-Purpose Vessel, INS Samarthak. Built by L&T, the MPV serves as a mothership, MCM, and weapon trials platform 🇮🇳 By @adithyakm.bsky.social www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Naval Group has rolled out Rubis (S639), the fifth Barracuda-class nuclear attack submarine (SSN), transferring the vessel to its shiplift in Cherbourg ahead of sea trials for the French Navy 🇫🇷 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

MARTAC has integrated SEA.AI machine vision on its unmanned surface vessels. The system classifies contacts in real time at the sensor, so USVs understand their surroundings without anyone watching a video feed www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Fincantieri has cut steel for the ninth Multipurpose Patrol Ship (PPA 9) at its Riva Trigoso shipyard, marking the start of construction on the Italian Navy’s final PPA vessel 🇮🇹 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Less than one year after contract award, Saab, the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and the Swedish Armed Forces have successfully developed, built and launched a demonstrator for a Large Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (LUUV) 🇸🇪 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

The EU Council has extended the mandate of EUNAVFOR MED IRINI through March 2029, adding new tasks to monitor Russian shadow fleets and safeguard critical undersea infrastructure (CUI) 🇪🇺 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

AV and Thunder Tiger Sign MOU to Explore Uncrewed Systems Integration and Co-Production in Taiwan 🇺🇸🇹🇼 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

On October 15, 2026, Spanish shipbuilder Navantia announced a contract with the Angolan Navy for the modernization of two Mandume-class patrol boats 🇪🇸🇦🇴 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

AUKUS: HII Awarded Contract for Engineering and Design Support www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

The Taiwan Coast Guard will utilize V-BAT as a ship-based capability to maintain persistent Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) for surveillance, coastal patrols and law enforcement operations 🇹🇼 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

I have written an overview for @navalnews.com discussing the F-35C ACT now underway on PCU John F Kennedy (CVN-79) in the wider context of getting the new carriers operational among both domestic pushback and international developments (ie PLAN). www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

The Turkish Navy has deployed its homegrown MALAMAN smart mine during the multinational Nusret 2026 exercise in the Gulf of Izmir and Black Sea 🇹🇷 #MineWarfare 💥 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...